Dispatches from ExpensiveTownUSA
Time Slips
Thu, Oct 13th, 2016 Listening to Kevin Barry narrating his novel ‘Beatlebone’ on the D train. On the day that Bob Dylan won the nobel prize for literature. Kevin is not…
Read MoreGood Morning from Brooklyn
Off Road Dispatches Tuesday, October 12th, 2016, Brooklyn, NYC Blue skies. Autumnal Brooklyn. Temperature: 40 degrees. Feels like:”Ah fuck”. A woman in yoga pants and a puffy winter…
Read MoreIceland, The Princess Bride, Bruce Lee & Mike Tyson
Monday June 27th, 2016 Running for the 2 train in Brooklyn today, I was stopped on the street by a group of about five, smiling, twenty something year old black…
Read MoreIn the Confession Box with E.W. Harris
Confession Box Songs: Week 4 Last night Steve Goulding asked the very fair question, “The Confession Box? Is it small and judgmental?”, “Does it at least smell of…
Read MoreMurder, Music, Football
“What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?” – Elvis Costello June 15th, 2016 She said. He said. C & T, incessant on the radio. The FBI investigates the shooter.…
Read MoreA Walk in the Park
Band rehearsal photo by Dennis Cronin, also in the band and in the room. A Walk in the Park Thursday, May 26th, 2016 Prospect Park yesterday. A saxophone player practicing…
Read MoreFlorence and the Machine, James Connolly and Michael Stipe
Thursday May 12th, 2016 – Midtown Rooftop Proposal Dispatches from ExpensiveTownUSA Brazil’s president has been impeached. I saw two dead baby birds on my 8 minute walk to the train.…
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